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palm jumeirah mororail
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The challenge
A spectacular new man-made island has been built in Dubai near
Jumeirah in the shape of a palm. On the Jumeirah Island, there
will be upscale residences, resorts and attractions.
Marubeni Corp. has been selected to build a 5.4 km and four-sta-
tion monorail system to connect major developments of the
Islands to the land.
The system is driverless, but attendants are present on board as
for monorail at Tokyo Disney Resort. The system is the first major
monorail in the Middle East. SYSTRA was selected as Independ-
ent Checking Engineer, to verify the design, operation plan and
to assess the safety case.
Background
In order to improve access to the various activities and to the
residential centers, and to connect the Palm Jumeirah man-made
island with the rest of Dubai, Nakheel (the Owner and Developer
of the Project) was committed to develop a modern public trans-
port system using the monorail technology. In the future there
will be a link to the Dubai Metro. Marubeni Corp., as the Main
Contractor, has been awarded the contract for the Engineering,
Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the Monorail system,
including:
the basic and detailed design of the civil engineering works,
the design, construction and procurement of the railway
systems and rolling stock,
the independent review by the Independent Checking Engineer,
the safety case preparation.
Technical Characteristics
Typical characteristics of Standard Medium Size Hitachi Monorail:
design review
civil works
systems
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stations and depot
Three Monorail Stations on the Palm Island (Trump Tower, Village
Centre, Atlantis) have a central platform. The fourth station on
the main land (Gateway) with lateral platform is integrated in a
large mixed use building also hosting the System OCC, depot and
workshop and a huge Park and Ride facility. Trump Tower and Vil-
lage Centre stations are located at the center of large residential/
office/hotel/retail developments.
systems
Rolling Stock with air-conditioning,
Power Supply (2 power substations, rigid traction power rail
1,500 VDC),
Signalling (Automatic Train Operation, electronic interlocking),
Telecommunications,
Automatic Fare Collection (contact less),
Operating Control Center (SCADA, Automatic Train Supervision),
Platform Screen doors,
Workshop Facilities,
Stations and Depot with air-conditioning,
Fire Fighting, CCTV, Passenger Information, Escalator & Elevator,
etc.,
Emergency diesel generator for traction power supply.
depot track switch
The special four point monorail track switch design allows the
reduction of the depot size.
SYSTRAs role
SYSTRA was entrusted by Marubeni Corp., the EPC Contractor,
with a mission of ICE (Independent Checking Engineer) aimed to
check and validate the project elements below:
basic design and detailed design (Civil, E&M and Railway Systems),
preliminary operating plan,
interfaces management plan,
operation and Maintenance plan,
safety case: Validation of all the relevant documents necessary
to operate and maintain the monorail system in a safe manner.
characteristics
of the line
Construction Location:
Dubai Palm Jumeirah Island, U.A.E.
Line Alignment:
- double-track guide-beam
- 5.4 km long
- 4 Stations + 1 Depot + 1 OCC
Transport Capacity:
- initial: 2,400 pphpd
- ultimate: 6,000 pphpd
Vehicles: monorail (3-car trains)
- initial: 4 trains (43 m long)
- ultimate: 9 trains
- capacity: 361 passenger/train
Operation:
- headway: 180 seconds
- normal: automatic with attendant
- emergency: Manual Operation
- depot: manual operation
stakeholders
Owner/Employer: NAKHEEL,
Contractor: Marubeni Corp.
cost
Around US$ 380 million
financing
Own Funds
key dates
December 2008: opening
at a glance